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Somalia clashes kill 15 civilians 


Friday, July 03, 2009

MOGADISHU (AFP) — Heavy clashes between Somali government troops and hardline militia in the war-torn capital Mogadishu killed at least 15 civilians Friday, witnesses said.

The government troops launched an offensive to dislodge the Shebab and other hardline fighters from positions in Mogadishu's Karan district which they had seized in recent battles.

"I have seen the bodies of six people who were killed by stray bullets. Three of them are from the same family," Ahmed Abdi Mumin, an elder in Karan, told AFP.

Another resident, Hassan Abdullahi, said four people were killed at a former navy barracks in the district.

Five others, including a child also died in the clashes, according to residents.

"We will bury them today even without being identified," said Moalim Hassan Alas.

The Shebab and Hezb al-Islam, a more political group, launched an unprecedented nationwide offensive in May against the administration of President Sharif Sheikh Ahmed.

The internationally backed Sharif has been holed up in his presidential quarters, protected by African Union peacekeepers as his forces were unable to reassert their authority over the capital.

Around 300 people are confirmed to have been killed in the latest violence.

Source: AFP, July 03, 2009



       
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fiqicigaal @ 7/4/2009 1:17 PM EST
 nomadic1
Perhaps it was my twin brother who is also thinning on the forehead(baldness) but who is just like Fiqi remarkably handsome. kkkkkk
Terminator @ 7/4/2009 3:11 AM EST
 Bunch of sub-human species that World has not seen in recent memory.....determined to kill and destroy innocent civilians lives! What else do these AL-Haraams know besides violence?
Sahalsiidi @ 7/3/2009 6:01 PM EST
 Shanta, kkkkkkkkkkkkkkk

Forensic team led by Dr/General/Sheikh Yusuf Indhacade.
shanta @ 7/3/2009 5:49 PM EST
 Sahal,
Lol Mogadishu CSI..
nomadic1 @ 7/3/2009 4:08 PM EST
 Fiqi lol

Are you by any chance carrying some stolen WFP rations. lol
fiqicigaal @ 7/3/2009 3:03 PM EST
 Hol, stop ambushing my comments like alshabaab ambushes the humanitarian food that was meant for those starving women and children in their enclaves.
Sahalsiidi @ 7/3/2009 12:28 PM EST
 One more thing, General Indhacade said that he is waiting
a forensic team from overseas, to take DNA tests of the dead
foreign jihadists(three of them). Soon he will have team of CSI.
baadiyow @ 7/3/2009 12:25 PM EST
 

Did anyone noticed that the speaker of the ciyaalka said "we are warning Amisom troops not to involve this fight".

Well, if that is the case where is the usual claim " We are fighting infidels".

Timir laf baa ku jirta...

Sahalsiidi @ 7/3/2009 12:21 PM EST
 Bal eega Sheekh Caraale oo dhar cad cad soo xirtay oo aad
moodo inay ciid u tahay, oo kuna faanaya inuu gacan sareeyo.
Dhanka kalena General/sheekh Indhacade oo Tuute Military gashan oo
leh guulo ayaanu ka gaarnay is xasuuqii maaalmihii la soo dhaafay.  
Kuwaas ayaa dadka isku baab'binaya Hiraan ilaa iyo Xamar, kuwa
jubooyinka kama badiyaan qabuur qodasho, dhagax ku dil iyo gacmo goyn.

http://www.xamarcade.com/viewpage.php?page_id=108
world @ 7/3/2009 12:17 PM EST
 ilaah ha u naxariisto intii dhimatay..
waxan oran lahaa HOL
mangabka meshu ku bato waxgaradka wu kuma nastexo.
if ya know wat i mean.
world @ 7/3/2009 12:09 PM EST
 ilaah ha u naxariisto intii dhimatay..
waxan oran lahaa HOL
mangabka meshu ku bato waxgaradka wu kuma nastexo.
if ya know wat i mean.
Sahalsiidi @ 7/3/2009 12:03 PM EST
 Ha is raacdo diidaye, ha is raamsato.
nomadic1 @ 7/3/2009 11:29 AM EST
 15 is the magic number.

 
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